"Exporter" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... position of the United States as an exporter of cotton goods is shown by the following table, which gives the exports of the chief manufacturing countries in the year before the war (the figures for 1915 are also given because they show the ...
— The Fabric of Civilization - A Short Survey of the Cotton Industry in the United States • Anonymous
... modern and white-washed bust of the great artist is pointed to with much pride by the inhabitants. Leonardo's traditional birthplace on the outskirts of the town still exists, and serves now as the headquarters of a farmer and small wine exporter. ...
— Leonardo da Vinci • Maurice W. Brockwell
... financial difficulties indeed were enormous. It was in vain that, availing himself of an Act which forbade the exportation of wool "till by the King and his Council it is otherwise provided," he turned for the time the wool-trade into a royal monopoly and became the sole wool exporter, buying at L3 and selling at L20 the sack. The campaign of 1339 brought with it a crushing debt: that of 1340 proved yet more costly. Edward attributed his failure to the slackness of his ministers in sending money and supplies, and this to their silent opposition to the war. ...
— History of the English People, Volume II (of 8) - The Charter, 1216-1307; The Parliament, 1307-1400 • John Richard Green
... before the discovery of America, [68] and of those in that quarter afterwards, formed its great staple. As such, these metals should have enjoyed every facility for transportation to other countries, where their higher value would afford a corresponding profit to the exporter. ...
— The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella The Catholic, V3 • William H. Prescott
... you ever formed an opinion of what rate per quarter wheat could be exported to this country, so as to yield a profit to the exporter?"—A. "I cannot call it to mind accurately, but I think the estimate I once made was between 40 shillings and ...
— Diary in America, Series Two • Frederick Marryat (AKA Captain Marryat) |
